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Author
Arbuckle Bros.
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(Cover to) Arbuckles' Illustrated Atlas of Fifty Principal Nations of The World. Copyright, 1889, by Arbuckle Bros. N.Y.
List No
2703.001
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Fantasy-like view of the earth with nine cherub angels studying it. Cover include scenes and maps for Palestine (noted as a Turkish Province) and Jerusalem.
Author
Arbuckle Bros.
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England. The United States. Bolivia. Egypt.
List No
2703.002
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England, noted as a constitutional monarchy, illustration shows a crown, fox hunt, Royal Navy, and London. The United States, a republic, has symbols of agriculture, manufacturing, and liberty. Bolivia, a republic, illustrates Mount Illampu and a parrot. Egypt, a Turkish vice royalty, shows camels, Sphinx, Obelisk of Luxor, feluccas with cotton, pyramids, and a hippo.
Author
Arbuckle Bros.
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France. Central America. Greenland. Switzerland.
List No
2703.003
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Republic of France shows wines, spirits, silks, grape harvesting, and poplar trees. Central America includes cutting mahogany trees, a turtle, and pineapple. Greenland, a Danish colony, illustrates glacial ice, polar bear skin, walrus hunting, and (nonexistent) penguins. Switzerland, a republic, is noted for edelweiss, the Matterhorn, chamois, and cuckoo clocks.
Author
Arbuckle Bros.
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Ecuador. Greece. Portugal. Morocco.
List No
2703.004
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Ecuador, a republic, is illustrated by tapping India rubber trees and a view of Mt. Cotopaxi. Greece, under a constitutional monarchy, shows the ruins of the Parthenon, an amphora, honey, and currants. Portugal, a constitutional monarchy, shows port wine, lemons, oranges, lemons, nuts, melons, and olives. The absolute monarchy of Morocco is illustrated by leather, a bazaar, and a city street scene.
Author
Arbuckle Bros.
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Mexico. Newfoundland. Spain. Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).
List No
2703.005
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The federal republic of Mexico shows bull fighting and a mule team crossing the mountains. Newfoundland, a British province, focuses on fish, with drying racks, cleaning, and boats. Spain shows cork harvesting, grapes, and armor. Hawaii or the limited monarchy of the Sandwich Islands shows Mauna Loa as an active volcano (far too steep-sided), canoe (without outrigger), coconut palms, and bananas.
Author
Arbuckle Bros.
Full Title
Belgium. Venezuela. Persia. Italy.
List No
2703.006
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Belgium, a constitutional monarchy, shows Brussels lace and iron casting. Venezuela, noted as a republic, shows vanilla beans, swamp houses (typical of the Orinoco Delta), and sarsaparilla root harvesting (AKA sasparilla - used with sassafras for root beer flavoring). Persia (Iran), an absolute monarchy, shows pearls, pearl diving, carpet weaving, and ottar of roses (rose oil perfume). The constitutional monarchy of Italy illustrates the Bay of Naples, Mount Vesuvius, wine, grapes, and olives.
Author
Arbuckle Bros.
Full Title
German Empire. Paraguay. Cuba. Dominion of Canada.
List No
2703.007
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German Empire, a constitutional monarchy, shows Rhine wine and a castle, grape harvesting, and artillery. Paraguay, a republic, shows drying yerba mate leaves (for the beverage, mate). The Spanish colony of Cuba is illustrated by cigars, hardwoods, and sugar. The British vice royalty of the Dominion of Canada has herring fishing, Quebec, and Horseshoe Falls as illustrations.
Author
Arbuckle Bros.
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Chili. Denmark. Peru. Turkey.
List No
2703.008
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The republic of Chile is shown by a sailing ship rounding Cape Horn and workers mining a nitre (niter) bed of potassium nitrate (saltpeter). Denmark with its limited monarchy is illustrated with a dockside scene of shipping cattle. Peru, a republic, shows natives stripping bark and harvesting of a guano deposit. Turkey, a case of absolute despotism, is noted for its carpets, and style of male dress in the Ottoman Empire
Author
Arbuckle Bros.
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Scotland. United States of Colombia. Austria. Sweden and Norway.
List No
2703.009
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Scotland, constitutional monarchy, is represented by shipbuilding on the Clyde, factories, a sword, and Edinburgh Castle. Colombia, republic, is shown by snakes, monkeys, and washing and preparing indigo. The constitutional monarchy of Austro-Hungary is illustrated by Bohemian glass blowers. Sweden and Norway, constitutional monarchies, show exporting grain, fishing by net, and lumbering in the snow.
Author
Arbuckle Bros.
Full Title
Ireland. Japan. Central Africa. India.
List No
2703.010
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The constitutional monarchy of Ireland is depicted by a group of sightseers in a horsedrawn cart at Innisfallen, Killarney. Japan monarchy shown by Chinese (!) dress, swords, spear, vases, and utensils. Central African barbarous states are represented by ostriches, gold jewelry, and traditional weapons. The British vice royalty of India shows tiger hunting from an elephant, monkey, sword, snake, traditional domes, and opium plants.
Author
Arbuckle Bros.
Full Title
The Netherlands. Arabia. China. Afghanistan.
List No
2703.011
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The constitutional monarchy of the Netherlands is shown by a dairy cow in a lush pasture and Dutch women wearing wooden shoes and carrying fish. The despotic Arabia is illustrated by a standard bearer and Arabian horses. The absolute and despotic monarchy of China shows, tea pickers in tradition hats, paper umbrella, and packages (probably tea). The various independent Khanates making up Afghanistan are illustrated by inlaid metal work and people on horseback crossing the Khyber Pass.
Author
Arbuckle Bros.
Full Title
Russia. Siberia. Uruguay. Australia.
List No
2703.012
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The Russian absolute monarchy is illustrated by scenes of cutting hemp, stripping flax, and flax in bloom. Siberia, the Russian possession, shows convicts at work in the mine with guarding soldiers and shackles and ice, and a polar bear. The republic of Uruguay has a focus on agriculture: cattle, hides, tallow and maize (corn). Australia, the British colony, shows a gold rocker, black swan, sheep, and kangaroo.
Author
Arbuckle Bros.
Full Title
Cape Colony (South Africa). Guiana. Argentine Republic. Siam (Thaniland).
List No
2703.013
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The British colony of Cape Colony shows diamond mines, an oil palm, and a view of Cape Town. Guiana includes the British, Dutch, and French colonies and is shown by a pepper plantation and pepper processing, and a native. Argentine Republic is represented by a vaquero with the bolas, wool bales, and Buenos Aires. Siam, a hereditary monarchy, exhibits the floating city of Bangkok, nutmeg, and elephant.
Author
Arbuckle Bros.
Full Title
(World Map labeled Arbuckles' Ariosa Coffee).
List No
2703.014
Note
Map is a black and white, simple map of the world in hemispherical projection. Arbuckles' Ariosa Coffee is still available in the 21st century.
Author
Arbuckle Bros.
Full Title
(Cover to) Arbuckles' Illustrated Atlas of Fifty Principal Nations of The World. Copyright, 1889, by Arbuckle Bros. N.Y.
List No
2703.015
Note
Back cover includes two fashionable women apparently having tea and an illustration of the large Arbuckles' Stores. Cover include scenes and maps of Brazil.
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